About

The Center for Adolescent Research and Education (CARE) is a national non profit collaborative headquartered in Palm Beach County, FL

Mission, Vision & Goal

CARE’s mission is to provide the best available applied, or prescriptive, research on youth development and decision-making. CARE’s vision is to substantially increase favorable youth outcomes and to reduce youth risk behavior by fundamentally changing the way peers, parents and other caring adults talk with teenagers about decision-making. The Center’s goal is to inspire and catalog one million such meaningful conversations by the year 2020.

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Director

Stephen Gray Wallace

Stephen Gray Wallace has broad experience as a school psychologist and adolescent/family counselor. He is president and director of the Center for Adolescent Research and Education (CARE), an associate research professor at Susquehanna University, and senior advisor for policy, research, and education at SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions), an organization he served as national chairman and chief executive officer for more than fifteen years…

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We are a collaborative of institutions and organizations committed to promoting positive youth outcomes and reducing risk. We are committed to inspiring & cataloging one-million such meaningful conversations by 2020.